The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-07-28
The Wrecker of Missouri Pacific Pas.
seDger Train
straneled to Death on the GalIOws at
Nebraska City.
He Tries to Make Farewell Speech
but Breaks Down.
A Child Murderer Nervously Await
ing a Mob.

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small station on the Missouri Pacific,
ten miles west of this place. At the
time of the wreck Engineer DeWitte
was instantly killed, and a number of
passengers seriously injured. Hoff-
man passed good night, having re-
tired early and sleeping soundly all
night. He ate breakfast of fruit and
few delicacies and assembled the scat
fold with firm tread. He made an
effort to say something, but broke
down. The trap was sprung at 1924,
and he was strangled to death in eight
minutes. His body was cut down and
turned over to the county coroner. His
confederate in the train wrecking is
serving. a ten years sentence in the
penitentiary, having turned states ev-
ldence. A militia company was called
out to keep order, but everything
passed off quietly.
Cy Allenberger, the fiendish child
murderer, during the hanging of Hoff-
man was very restless, having heard cur
rent rumors that mob was being
formed in the country to clean out the
jail, which had, up to the present,
failed to materialize, though some anx-
iety is felt as to what night may bring
forth.
ATTACKED BY DESPERATE TRAAIPS.
ST. LOUIS, July pa Vandalia train
due here at O'Clock last night met
with an experience at the village of
Greenup, Illinois, that caused much
alarm and delayed the train some time.
Shortly after dark the conductor dis
covered five tramps stealing ride and
of (NRnoTNnn hn <DTF N
train. When the train again started
the tramps boarded it and were forcibly
put of, whereupon they opened fusil-
ade from heavy revolvers. Many shots
struck the mail and passenger cars and
the bullets in many instances passed
entirely through the cars, coming I'M
comfortably close to the heads and
bodies of the mail clerks and paSsen-
gers. The passengers supposed this
was an attack from robbers and
great confusion resulted and there was
a rush to conceal Valuables. The con-
ductOr stopped the train and party
gave chase to the trampS, who fled to
the woods. Owing to the heavy cali
bre of the revOlvers it is now believed
that this party intended to rob the
train, but were frustrated by being dis
covered so early in the evening, near a
large settlement. No one was injured
by the shots.
CLEVER swINDLE.
New YORK, July 22.-The New
York Life Insurance and Trust compa-
nv last Monday loaned Marcus P.
Woodruff $75, 900 and took as securities
thirty-seven shares in the Chemical Ma
tional bank. 1t now transpires that
the bank stock did not belong to Mr.
Woodruff but to the Woodruff estate of
which Marcus has been trustee until a
few months ago, when he was COM
PEELED to resign by his mother and sis
tiers, who had discovered some irregu-
larities on his part. Woodruff
is little over 80 years of age and has
led a rather fast life. The trust COM
pany discovered on Wednesday that the
bank stock would not protect its loan.
Woodruff had been given two checks,
one for $50, 900 and another for SIS, 600.
The larger check has been traced and
the money found in the possession of the
Adams Express company, who were to
deliver it to a New York bank. When
check has been presented for collec-
tiOn this will be saved unless the check
is in the hands of innocent parties.
The smaller check has not yet been
traced. 1t is claimed that Woodruff is
insane.
COWARDLY ASSASSINATED.
BALLINGER, Texas, July 22.-News
has just been received here of the as
sassination of w. H. Nichols, promI-
nent sheep man, living in the edge of
Green county near Ft. Chanbourne.
last Sunday. Nichols was aged 40 and
single. He was living with a family
named Manderell. and employed the
male members to herd for him. Sun
day last young Manderel requested
Nichols to herd the f1ocks of which he
ho6 oh I,sI R,<1 aH
hunted for a horse. This Nichols did
and that was the last seen of him
alive. That night a dog brought the
sheep home, and Nichols was found
the next afternoon, he having beer
shot in the back with a Winchester
| after which the murderer placed the
gun against the head of his victim
sending bullet through his brain.
MURDERED AND ROBBED.
CLEVELAND, July %. - A specia
from Jacksonville, Ohio, says: Mrs
| Harrison township, VintOn county
across the border from here, was founC
murdered late last night. She wa:
| lying on the floor in a pool o.
blood, with bullet in her brain and {
fearful knife stab in her stomach. Thu
object of the murder was robbery
There is no clue to the perpetratorl
of the crime.
| AGAIN SENTENCED TO DEATH.
ST. LOUIS, July 22.-JOhn D. Shea
| after serving term of four years il
the Pennsylvania penitentiary, wa
brought back to this city last week t.
receive sentence for the murder of
police officer in this city, whil
making his escape from jail
and was this morning agail
sentenced to be hanged, the execution
being ordered for September 18th, 1887
A motion for stay of proceedings wa
granted, to enable Shea's attorney t
carry the case to the supreme court.
SWEPT BY A TORNADO.
CHEYBoYGAN, Wis, July 22.-Ian
lockers in from the woods to-day re
port a tornado passing trough tn
southern part of this county in tn
Rainy river district and the TOWNSHIP
of Ellis, Pressure Isle county, doing i'm
mense damage to standing pine.
. one forty acre tract not tree was LEI
|. standing.
DERAILED BY A COW.
ST. LOUIS, July ga special to til
Post Dispatch from Piedmont Mi
. souri, says: The Memphis -cannonba
! train on the Iron Mountain ran ove
a cow derailing the whole traiI
killing the engineer, A. Hamilton. A
the passengers were badly shaken u
but none were seriously injured.
Il WHISKY DID 1T.
ST.. THOMAS, Ont, July 22.-At th
! inquest in connection with the lat
I railroad disaster, witnesses swore thi
the engineer was under the infuert
! of liquor and unfit to control the trail
also, that the conductor had bee
drinking, though not intoxicated. IT
: inquest is still proceeding.
WAS LOADED.
i CLINTON, Ia, July 20.-F0ur Peep
q were shot during the Wild West pc
. Torrance of Sells Bros circus Tue
day night. George Harrington, aga
= IA: was shot in the forehead and wi
: die. Mrs. w. a. Lamberton was sh'
: in the left breast just above the hear
dangerously. Wallace Phillips, agt
II. was shot ON the top of the hea
not very seriously wounded. One
the Indians was shot, how badly it
e not known. He was immediate
n taken away No cause is given +
using bullets except that cowboy g
the wrong revolver. 1t was done dU
" ing the encounter of the cowboys Al
8 Indians in the ring.